//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Twilight's Human Boyfriend // by Songbrony //------------------------------// I woke up in the library. The sun had just risen over the horizon and the birds were chirping loudly as they awoke. I yawned and stepped out of the library. I hadn't changed when I went to bed and was too lazy to change right now. Spike was already up and doing some last minute book shelving before the library opened in the next hour. "You know you don't have to do this by yourself." I said as I took the book from his claw and placed on the shelf he was trying to reach. "No, but I don't like waking you and it gives me time to myself." he said. "Why don't you like waking me?" I asked. "Last time you threw your bag at me. It still had your computer in it and hit my head." he reminded me. "Oh. Right." "Well since you're up..." he said as he looked around, "what happened with you and Twilight last night?" he asked. "What do you mean?" I asked. "When she left this morning to see Phil, she looked towards our room and asked if you were asleep. I told her you were and she seemed to smile a little." he explained. "It was kind of weird." Oh crap... I thought. Did she see hear me last night? I thought worried. "N-nothing happened. We just hadn't hung out in awhile. And what's weird with her smiling?" "Nothing, but it was just weird. Almost as if she was kind if glowing." "Did she say why she was going to see Phil?" I asked. "Something about a big thing she needed to tell him." he said. "Ah..." I said my heart dropping. "So she's going to tell him huh?" "Tell him what?" he asked. "Oh, nothing. It's adult stuff..." I told him. "Well whatever it is, I hope she gets back before the library closes. She promised me a gem if I didn't tell you where she was heading." he said. "But you just did..." I pointed out. "Oh...well...you won't tell her I told you, right?" he asked. I sighed. "Sure, Spike." "Great! I'm going to get some breakfast." he said and ran off to the kitchen. I walked back to the room and got dressed in clean clothes. I would have showered, but since I only had about 15 minutes before the library opened, I wouldn't have time. "Well, let's start the day off well." I said to myself as I walked out of the room. In five minutes the library had been filled with kids on a field trip. "Oh boy..." "Mister!!" a little filly with a light blue coat said to me. "Where can I find the Great Goatsby?" she asked. "The Great Goatsby? That's quiet a more complicated book for you." I said. She had to be only five years old. I was thinking she needed more of a Green Eggs and Ham book by Dr. Seuss. "Brendan, you know that fillies read at a higher level at this age than kids at your home do." Spike said. "Oh...right." I said. I always forgot about that. Twilight said it had to do with how magic worked in Equestria. Kids here were able to read at a higher level than the kids back home. "It's right over here." I said as I led the filly to the book, trying to hide my embarrassment. "It's okay, Mister. You'll get the hang of living with us soon." she said with a smile as I passed her the book. "I hope so." I said, returning her smile. "I still can't believe they let them live here." I heard a chaperone say in the back. "I know right? Animals. Not a single thing good about them." another replied. I sighed to myself as I heard the discrimination start. Might as well see how deep it runs... I thought as I walked over to them. "Hello." I said with a smile. "Anything I can do to help you two?" "Uh, no. I don't need help from you, Frula." the one I first heard speaking said. "The only reason we are here anyways is because it's the only library in Ponyville. You're kind just stink the place up." her friend said. "Well, I'm sorry to hear that. If you need anything, let me know." I said and turned to go back to the kids. "Can you believe that Twilight let him stay here?" I heard them say again. "I know. It's so shocking. There's no excuse for her letting him. She's a Frula sympathizer, the wretch." I stopped walking. My fists clenched. Deep breaths. Don't fight them in front of the kids. "I mean, she's smart enough to know that they're just animals." "Maybe she's experimenting on him? Or observing him to see how they act." My palms started to sweat as I felt the blood flush to my face. "And that she's dating one? The schutta." I turned and made a beeline towards them. "Listen you two." I said sternly. "I'm a human being. I talk, feel, and analyze just like you two. Call me a Frula all you want, but if you so much as call Twilight something she isn't, I swear to God you will regret it." "Oh, the Frula is feisty. Didn't we tell you we didn't want to talk to you? Go back to that schutta you call a friend." the one to the left of me said. I smiled a little. "The fact you're using a made up word from a fandom just makes you look less like an adult. You know, that word wasn't created by you." I said, willing to let my geeky side show a little bit. "It was created by humans of the Star Wars fandom that was created by a human called George Lucas who created the human movie Star Wars. It was brought over here and by popular demand turned into a movie with ponies. And even after the equine remake, the human original was still more popular." "Equine?" they asked. "Oh, you don't even know the name of your species? Well, let me educate you." I said. I grabbed a Biology book that they just happened to be standing by. I flipped to the pony section and showed the page to them. "See that skeletal pattern? What does it look like to you? A pony right? Well Equines are horses and ponies much like yourself. If you don't even know about yourself, why are you calling some people you don't even know a thing about something you don't even understand?" They stayed quiet. "And the next time I hear you call a beautiful mare like Twilight a Schutta, I will personally find you." I said threateningly. "Let's go kids. Field trip is over." they said as they moved away from me. "But we just got here." the one who I handed the book The Great Goatsby to said. "Yes, but it's dangerous here. That Frula over there is threatening to harm everyone here. So it's my job as your responsible adult to keep you safe." the one who I shoved the book at said. "But my mom is dating a human. They're nice." the filly said. She ran over to me. "He isn't the meanie here. You two are calling him a Frula." "And that's why they will not be allowed at the library for a long time." Twilight said at the door. "Twilight?" I asked. "When did you get here?" "A few minutes ago when those two called you a Frula. I saw how you handled it, and I think you did a great job. See kids? Reading and learning about everything you can and using it against bullies instead of using violence is always the better option." she said. Well...I did threaten them though... I thought. "As for you two, I want you out of my library. You can wait outside, but you can't stay inside. The field trip isn't over until the library closes." she said. "But he threatened us!" one of them said. "He tried to bully us!" "And yet you called him degrading names, along with myself. Call me what you wish, whether it be a Schutta or some other term, but you never degrade my friends." she said, staring them down. They huffed and left the library. "Okay kids, so who wants to learn more about where humans came from?" she asked. There was a roar of acceptance and they all gathered around me. "Well Brendan? Go ahead and tell them about your home." I hated being the center of attention in a group like this, with each of their eyes strictly focused on me. It was one thing for me to be riled up and being the center of attention when I was just speaking my mind like I had just done earlier, but this reminded me too much of speech class in school. I swallowed loudly and began with something easy. The Appalachian Mountains, mountains without points that had been eroded over many years. And then the Rocky Mountains, beautiful mountaintops covered with snow at the top that stood miles into the sky. They looked at me with amazement. Ponyville only had one mountain and it wasn't someplace they usually went. They saw Canterlot on the side of a mountain, but other than that, none of them had seen or heard of a mountain range that spread as far as the Rockies. Granted they were nowhere close to the biggest mountains, but I had seen them, and they were beautiful. We spent the rest of their field trip talking about my home, the different landmarks, such as the Eiffel Tower, The Great Wall of China, The Statue of Liberty, Big Ben, anything I could think of that might show them what we had back home. They left a few minutes after the library closed and I took an exasperated breath as I fell on my back on the floor. "I'm exhausted." I said. Twilight laid down next to me. "I know. I'm sorry about the two ponies who called you a...Frula." she said. "It's fine. Nothing you could do about it. Some just aren't used to the whole thing yet. They'll come around." She was quiet for a little bit. "I heard what you said. About me." My eyes went wide. Shitshitshit. She couldn't have. She was asleep! I thought. "O-oh...really?" I asked, trying to not show any reason to be nervous. "Do...do you really think I'm beautiful?" she asked. "We-well ye-yeah." I said. "You're smart, beautiful, kind, loving, and you don't let anyone pick on your friends." I said. She blushed. "Thanks." "So...where were you at?" I asked. I wanted to ask her about how things went with Phil, but Spike told me not to tell her I knew. Which is weird...usually she never has had a problem with me knowing she was with Phil. "Well...I did what you said to do. Except I kind of wanted to surprise Phil. I took him to the Canterlot museum of Medicine." she said. How many museums do they have??? I thought. "How'd that go?" "Well...I told him what I thought about us." "....and...." I asked waiting for her to continue. "Well...he didn't say much. I mean, he did say some things about me always studying and not necessarily spending time with him." she said. "I told him I would try not to study so much because I loved him...and he just started talking to some other human at the museum..." "Oh...." I said. That's going to sting....a lot... I thought. "I'm sorry..." "He was probably just shocked about the statement and didn't know how to handle it. That's a defense mechanism. And he is kind of right. I do spend a lot of time studying instead of spending time with him." she said. "Yeah." I said. I really didn't know what to say. What could I say? "So...tomorrow we are going to dinner with Rarity and the others. Want to come?" she asked. "Why? If you're going with Phil, shouldn't you two be alone?" I asked. "Well, it's a group date. Rarity had something she wanted to share with us. And I want you to hang out with my other friends too. Socialize! Get out of the library. Do something." she said. "You know I'm a hermit. The sun burns me whenever I'm out in the daylight." I said. "Then I'll put sunscreen on you." she said with a smile. I smiled back. "Okay. I'll go. What time tomorrow?" "Around 6 in the evening." she said. "Okay. So that gives me approximately...15 hours to injure myself so I can't go out." I said. She lumped me on the head with her hoof and smiled. "Lazy." I laughed at that and just laid there staring at the ceiling. "Hey...where's Spike?" I asked as I started to look around. "Huh?" Twilight said as she looked around as well. "Did he go to bed in the middle of the field trip??" I said. "Probably." she said. I began to sit up and look for him, but Twilight put a hoof on my chest and pushed me back down. "Let him sleep." she said. "I actually have something I want to show you." She used her magic to make the entire upper part of the library turn into a clear glass dome that had a clear view of the night sky. "Whoa! How'd you do that?" I asked, amazed. "Well it was incredibly difficult since you NEVER LEAVE." she said with emphasis on the never leave. "Ok I get it! I need to get out more!" I said. "That's not all!" she said. She pressed a hidden button on the statue in the middle of the library and the top showed the constellations that were up this season. She hit again and the planets were highlighted instead of the constellations. She hit a third time and the entire dome exploded in a science show. It showed the Universe from creation to now in a bright array of colors and sounds. I was mesmerized. Astronomy was my biggest love and she brought it closer to me than ever before. "Twilight..." "I know how much you love Astronomy. And I've studied a little more about it. It's actually really fascinating. I was thinking we could use this to help learn more about it." she said. She pressed the button again and it zoomed onto the moon where we could see the surface as if it were actually there. She pressed it again and it zoomed over to Mars. The red dirt looked almost as if it would fall on top of us. "How did you..." I asked, baffled. "A little help from the Princess. She knows how much you like it and when I told her I wanted to learn more she installed this for me. With some help from a few human Astronomers over in Canterlot." she explained. I continued to stare at the dome above me. "Do you like it?" she asked me. "Like it? Twilight...I love it!" I exclaimed giving her a big hug. "Thank you so much!" She laughed. "You're welcome. I had a feeling you would love it." she said, returning the hug. "Will you two keep it down?" Spike said as he walked out of the room. "I'm trying to catch my beauty sleep." "Ah! Spike! There you are." I said, releasing Twilight from the hug. "Did you ditch during the field trip?" I asked. "No! I just took a breather in the room because of all the kids." he said. "You fell asleep and left Brendan to do the work didn't you?" Twilight said. "Uh..." he said. Twilight stared him down and he sighed. "Yeah I did." "Well, I guess you don't deserve the gem I got you." she said as she walked up the stairs to her bed. "What?! But I told Brendan not to tell you where you went!" he exclaimed. "And that's why you won't be getting a gem from me in a long time." she said. "But...but..." "You shouldn't have ditched, Spike." I said with a smile. "You didn't tell her did you?" he asked me angry. "No Spike. I didn't. I stayed quiet, you were the one who brought it on yourself for saying you told me not to tell her." I pointed out. "Oh...right." he said. "Anyways, let's go to bed." I said yawning. "I'm beat. Kids are exhausting." I took another look at the dome and hit the button on the statue. The dome closed and the library returned to normal. "Well, as long as you stop talking about Twilight in your sleep, we'll be good." he said as he walked to the room. "Wait...what?!" I said. I didn't realize I talked about her in my sleep...what do I say?! I ran in the room, but he was already passed out on the bed. Great. Looks like I'm not sleeping tonight... I thought. I got in my pajamas and went to bed. And I was right. I didn't sleep all night.